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2004-05-18 Israel-Palestine
While `rumors kill Rafah’
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Posted by Phil B 2004-05-18 2:59:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 just nuke that bastard state of israel and remember the Liberty
Posted by Anonymous4909 2004-05-18 3:06:46 AM||   2004-05-18 3:06:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 To Anonymous 4909

Pitot is the plural form for pita (pocket bread) - mainstay of Israeli and Palestinian cuisine.
Posted by ltcedk  2004-05-18 3:12:49 AM||   2004-05-18 3:12:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 A Pitot Tube is used to measure airflow inside duct work. Maybe he was working on a ventilation project and needed extra.

It's odd how all these psychos, transis, idiotatians and Arian youth like 4909 remember the Liberty and walk right on by the Beirut bombing.

Note: a wore the uniform of the USN for 11 years and I would like to see some payback for the Pueblo.
Posted by Super Hose 2004-05-18 3:30:53 AM||   2004-05-18 3:30:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 My father push bastard retaired scum like the abitue of this trashy racist post in a 1200 grades krupps and I garantied you that Israel will be nuked and is bastard scum will be hunted again and I this time will be pushing to the G E hot hole the scum of the heart
Posted by Anonymous4910 2004-05-18 3:42:03 AM||   2004-05-18 3:42:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 abitue of this trashy racist post

I guess thats me! Anonymous4909 we find Arabs hilarious! Their childish comic-book antics are an endless source of amusement for us. I presume you are an Arab and I'd like to personally thank for the endless hours of fun you have provided.
Posted by Phil B  2004-05-18 3:56:05 AM||   2004-05-18 3:56:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 is right of course - Israel will be nuked, probably soon. And that event will be immediately followed by the disappearance of the vast majority of the world's Arabs into glowing radioactive fireballs. Ugly ugly events are going to transpire over there soon.
Posted by AzCat 2004-05-18 4:01:26 AM||   2004-05-18 4:01:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Unlike the Muslims who like to talk about "turning the earth beneath their enemies into a sea of fire and blood" and such, Israel and the USA actually have the ability to make that image a reality. So here's a quote for those nearly-illiterate jihadis out there to consider: in the immortal words of Captain John Paul Jones, "We have not yet begun to fight!"
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2004-05-18 4:35:49 AM||   2004-05-18 4:35:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Sorry to be controversial but don't it seem time for both sides to sit on their hands? The Paleos should go down the Ghandi route and dump the lunatic fringe and the Israelis should only fire when fired upon and provide an appropriate response - worked for the Brits in Northern Ireland and currently in Basra. An idiotically simple premise which fails to take into account recent events, I know - but how else do we get out of this intractible problem other than nuking each other to kingdom come. Fire at will ladies and gents...
Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-18 4:41:22 AM||   2004-05-18 4:41:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 the Israelis should only fire when fired upon and provide an appropriate response Until very recently thats what the Israelis did. Firing misiles at groups armed men assembling only started a few days ago. I must assume the Israelis concluded their previous policy resulted in too many casualties.
Posted by Phil B  2004-05-18 4:48:17 AM||   2004-05-18 4:48:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, Howard, if the Paleos dump their "lunatic fringe," that's pretty much all of them--that's why they can't give up terror and hence, the failure of the "roadmap."
And the Paleos aren't supposed to have nukes or any other kind of weapon...wasn't that part of the whole Camp David deal?
Peace for land.
Voila, the suicide bombers instead of soldiers.
When the Israelis disengage from Gaza and pull back behind the wall, then it will become clear that if there's trouble, it will be the Paleos making it and the reason won't be that Israel is occupying their land anymore either.
Posted by Jen  2004-05-18 5:25:04 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com]  2004-05-18 5:25:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 True - you absolutely have to go after the lunatic fringe. Seems to me whilst they've temporarily stemmed the flow of suicide bombings and bumped off key Hamas figures they'd be wanting to keep a low profile and consolidate rather than 'up the anti'in Gaza.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-18 5:27:32 AM||   2004-05-18 5:27:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Sorry Jen - missed your post - yup the Israelis should get that wall finished asap and sit behind it. Any further territorial threats should then be dealt with savagely.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-18 5:34:30 AM||   2004-05-18 5:34:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Report from albawaba:

In an earlier attack, three Palestinians were killed and eight people were wounded when an Israeli helicopter fired three missiles at an unoccupied part of the Rafah refugee camp.

It was quite crowded for an unoccupied part.
Posted by marek  2004-05-18 5:35:00 AM||   2004-05-18 5:35:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Well, marek, the Israelis say they have their reasons, in that they hold that Rafah is a hotbed of terrorism.
Once they clean it out, I'm sure they'll pull out.
Posted by Jen  2004-05-18 5:53:06 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com]  2004-05-18 5:53:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 1 dunam = 1 km2
Posted by rsd  2004-05-18 7:30:45 AM||   2004-05-18 7:30:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 We've got a live one in A4909! Release the hounds boys!
Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-05-18 8:11:20 AM||   2004-05-18 8:11:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 I have no idea what A4909 said. I know english probably isn't it's first language, but that's bad. Why bother posting on an english site when you can't even put together a semi-coherent statement?

As for Howard's suggestion, wasn't there a Clancy book where the Paleo's took a non-violent stance and changed the balance? Can't remember. Arabs and non-violence, ha! Definitely fiction.
Posted by AllahHateMe 2004-05-18 8:29:48 AM||   2004-05-18 8:29:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 Yup AHM - it's very hard not to think likewise. The IRA to their credit have in some ways managed it - post Enlightenment society though.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-18 8:39:21 AM||   2004-05-18 8:39:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 BTW Sorry to sound dim but what is A4909 referring to? The Liberty?? Please help a bewildered Englishman if you can!?
Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-18 8:43:29 AM||   2004-05-18 8:43:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#20 Got it - USS Liberty shot to shit in 6 day war - ho hum. Remember the Boston Tea Party anyone? For f*ck's sake...
Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-18 8:47:42 AM||   2004-05-18 8:47:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#21 This is a good link on the Liberty. Fog of war fuck up!
Posted by Phil B  2004-05-18 9:03:31 AM||   2004-05-18 9:03:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#22 Many thanks, Phil. Cleared that up in no uncertain terms.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-18 9:14:10 AM||   2004-05-18 9:14:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#23 re Jen #14

Do I really have to indicate sarcascm when I quote albawaba?
Posted by marek  2004-05-18 9:45:46 AM||   2004-05-18 9:45:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#24 re rsd #15

Not to be picky, but:

1 dunam = 1,000 square meters (sqm)

1 sqkm = 1,000,000 sqm
Posted by marek  2004-05-18 9:49:57 AM||   2004-05-18 9:49:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#25 Rafah is the hotspot for the Molemen™ branch of the Paleopithicae, with its many tunnels for the smuggling of drugs, prostitutes and weapons to kill Jooooos. Wipe the town off the map, flood the tunnels (hopefully inhabited) and pull out of Gaza....and respond viciously when attacked. They understand nothing less. Can't wait for the Paleo Civil War...pass the hummus please
Posted by Frank G  2004-05-18 10:50:56 AM||   2004-05-18 10:50:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#26 Anyone who believes that the USS Liberty was anything other than a complete screw-up on the part of the Israelis needs to stop smoking crack. At the time of the six-day war it was the U.S. that provided most of the arms to Israel and ALL of its aircraft (on the cheap). To think that the Israelis would endanger this relationship is complete moonbat science. Every investigation to date (both U.S. and Israeli) point to errors on the part of the Israeli Navy and Air Force for firing on the USS Liberty and the Israeli government admitted fault and paid restitution for that action. In the end the Israelis had NOTHING to gain by attacking a U.S. vessel and much to lose. SH, the fact that North Korea lives in EXTREME poverty is all the payback we need for the Pueblo incident. Next time you get mad at North Korea go to any mall, eat at the food court, and think of them starving right this very minute.
Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-05-18 11:04:51 AM||   2004-05-18 11:04:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#27 Remember the Boston Tea Party anyone?
HowardUK - See even our friends remember a grudge from 229 years ago!

A4909 is an antisemitic toady best ignored.

This says it best :Unlike the Muslims who like to talk about "turning the earth beneath their enemies into a sea of fire and blood" and such, Israel and the USA actually have the ability to make that image a reality...Thx Scooter Mc.

Green glows the Arafat.

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-18 12:18:39 PM||   2004-05-18 12:18:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 Regarding the Ghandi approace. I've often thought about how Pres. Lincoln got the hot heads to fire the first shots in the War Between the States. Had the South just gone in peace would the population of the North been keen on sending armies. Different times though and that Southron honor society (sound familiar). Lincoln was a fox.
Posted by Lucky 2004-05-18 12:19:17 PM||   2004-05-18 12:19:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 re Cyber Sarge #26
You are correct that the attack on Liberty was an Israeli goof up.
You are wrong about arms supply to Israel before and during 6 day war. France provided all the planes and England provided significant number of Centurion tanks.
Posted by marek  2004-05-18 12:55:14 PM||   2004-05-18 12:55:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 Marek, I stand corrected.
Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-05-18 1:23:37 PM||   2004-05-18 1:23:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 #13 marek: they just left out the word "newly" before "unoccupied" in the story

#25 Frank G: Seems as though "Morlock™ branch" would be a more appropriate term
Posted by snellenr  2004-05-18 1:23:40 PM||   2004-05-18 1:23:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#32 AllahHateMe: The Tom Clancy book was "The Sum of All Fears" and the Palestinians staged a non-violent sit in in front of the Dome of the Rock. At least in the book they figured out that the best method was non-violence as taught by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I believe he definately had the right idea. Unfortunately, muslims don't get all those virgins by being non-violent. This is why this approach will never be attempted.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-05-18 7:05:19 PM||   2004-05-18 7:05:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#33 Snellenr - while Morlock is a LGF Lizardoid fav, I think this particular species which has specialized to dig tunnels for weapons is a separate species, perhaps even less evolved. I'm thinking of a MS thesis on it....
Posted by Frank G  2004-05-18 7:17:00 PM||   2004-05-18 7:17:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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